BT.A vs. VOD, AAF, ISAT, ZEG, GAMA, HTWS, TALK, KCOM, MANX, and MAI
Should you be buying BT Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BT Group include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Airtel Africa (AAF), Inmarsat (ISAT), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Helios Towers (HTWS), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), and Maintel (MAI). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and BT Group (LON:BT.A) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than BT Group. BT Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vodafone Group Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BT Group has a net margin of 4.11% compared to BT Group's net margin of 3.11%. Vodafone Group Public's return on equity of 6.33% beat BT Group's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public received 896 more outperform votes than BT Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 72.64% of users gave BT Group an outperform vote.
Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus price target of GBX 98.40, indicating a potential upside of 32.83%. Given BT Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.
55.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of BT Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.6% of BT Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BT Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public and Vodafone Group Public both had 4 articles in the media. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat BT Group's score of 0.41 indicating that BT Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Vodafone Group Public pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BT Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public and BT Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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